Cohen: The Offender of the Free World (“Merkel is the personification of the [European] Union’s values; she was just bolstered by a local election victory. Russians have taken to the streets to protest against Putin’s corrupt regime and been brutalized. This is not over. Truculent Trump has abdicated responsibility. Europe must step into the void.”)

Paul Ryan, Brought Down to Size (“His defeat on health care proved what many have known: His reputation as a big thinker was hollow.” Yeah, “many” of us DID know that, but not “many” in the corporate media.)